[general_re]

I think we're talking past each other. All I meant to do is show that you can find out quite a lot without resorting to web bugs. Yes, I understand that you're not claiming that web bugs were used here ;)

That being said, there are some possible changes to how the posting history pages work, that might help in the future. One, posters should have access to all of their own past posts. Two, posters should only have access to a limited set of other people's posts - maybe the last two weeks or month or so. Three, people who are not registered or logged in should not have any access at all to the posting histories of users. Period. Granted, you can still find out a lot from Google, but FR archives all your posts, whereas Google actually only catches a small fraction of the posts that you make here.

As far as web bugs go, there isn't a heck of a lot anyone here can do about it. If you don't trust someone, don't load images from them, is about the extent of it.

[Future Useless Eater]

>>Two, posters should only have access to a limited set of other people's posts - maybe the last two weeks or month or so.

Whats the purpose in that?
What if you KNOW you want to go back six months because
you remember seeing the person back then?

Are you trying to limit the value of the 'pattern-generator'?

That can be thwarted by not listing a
time-of-day if older than a day or two.

[Future Useless Eater]

Maybe I'm repeating myself, but I don't see any point in
excluding what someone said or did 3 month ago, or 3 years
ago.

If a freeper becomes so ashamed of something they said
last year, let them disappear and come back with a new
handle.